Daedalus and Icarus (Men and Gods Text)

The labyrinth created by Daedalus was:

• A bird

• A monster

• A bunch of feathers

• A large maze

Why wasn't Daedalus allowed to leave Crete?

• He hated his home

• He was a useful inventor

• He did not obey the king's orders

• He got Minotaur killed

Why did Daedalus decide to escape through the sky?

• Minos could not fly

• Minos blocked all escape by land and water

• He wanted to use his expertise at a new invention

• He knew the gods would not stop him in the sky

One can deduce that Icarus' character was playful because of all of the following except:

• He laughed and played while his father was working

• He continuously interrupted his father while he was working

• He chased after the feathers in the breeze

• He pressed his thumbs into the balls of yellow wax.

Select the option that adequately identify the main themes in the story.

• Child disobedience, freedom, death

• Love, death, family

• Creativeness, playfulness, love

• Ungratefulness, wisdom, freedom

"While he gave him this advice, he was fitting the strange new wings to his son's shoulders and, as he did so, tears ran down his aged cheeks and his hands trembled." Why did Daedalus express these emotions?

• He was filled with love for his son

• He knew that there was a possibility that his son could die

• He wanted to show his love before something bad happened.

• He was a loving father

Identify the literary device in the following quote. "taking to the air, he flew on ahead, anxious for the boy, like a bird which for the first time leads his fledglings out of their high nest into the yielding air."

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Assonance

Why did people think Daedalus and Icarus were gods?

• They looked up at them in astonishment

• The father and son were flying through the air and only gods could do that.

• They never saw such things in the sky

• They were very superstitious

Why did Icarus climb higher and higher into the air?

• He began to enjoy the daring experience and forgot to follow his father.

• He wanted to experiment and see how high he could fly

• He felt that he was too close to the ground and fishermen would mistake him for a god.

• He was a disobedient child

Why did Daedalus curse his own invention?

• He needed to make it more durable to combat the sun

• He saw his son's wings floating on the water and knew he was dead.

• He did not escape fast enough

• He lost his life because of the invention.